Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Cuise control

Siaga and I haven't really learned to ride at the trot. Well, we have, and he has a beautiful trot, I just held back for so long because of being scared of his attitude and knowing the saddle would hurt his withers and shoulders with the trot. But now there is no excuse. I'm not afraid anymore, I feel I have decent control over him, and the saddle fits.

So in a few days when the weather clears up, we're going to go to one of the cleared bean fields, not the corn fields, because of the stalks, and I'm just going to ask him to trot. Just trot. I don't care where he goes so long as he stays in the field. I don't care how fast or slow he goes, so long as he's in a trot. If he slows down to a walk, squeeze, click, spank. Canter, one rein stop, restart trot. Eventually we'll get to the canter, but first it's the trot.

So basically, I don't have to worry about where we go or stopping him, I just have to keep him in a trot and find my balance. I'm really excited. It's time. It might take me a few test trots though, to make sure I can hold my balance in the saddle.

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By no means do I intend any information here to be used by another person as training methods for a horse. If you attempt anything I do with Siaga or any other horse, you do so at your own expense and discretion.

Meet Siaga

Full name: De Oro Siaga

Stable name: Siaga

Breed: Quarter Horse

Color: Technically, because the black of his legs barely reaches his fetlocks, he's a wild bay.

Stage of being trained: Moving into faster paces. Started with basic seat commands.

Plans for him: I don't know anymore. I want to school him in dressage, but I don't want to compete, at least not right now.